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Are any of you familiar with this realm of the interwebz? I went into some of those websites thinking they were just helpful, positive self-improvement blogs for young men like myself. I’m talking about sites such as A Voice for Men or Return of Kings.
I was also attracted to the traditionalist/socially conservative mindset that some of these pundits endorse.
But then upon further inspection, I found something more sinister. While some of these sites have valid points (such as male victims of domestic violence being ignored, or how divorce law overwhelmingly favors women and is often ruinous for men), a lot of it is geared towards “game”, that is, getting laid via seduction and perfidy.
There is an obsession with the Alpha/Beta male dichotomy (alphas being the bad boys who get all the girls, betas being the “nice guys” who get the table scraps). They insist on an 80-20 rule: 20 percent of men get 80 percent of women.
I know misogyny can be exaggerated in this day and age, but these guys attribute everything women do to perfidy, weakness, and stupidity. They assume that women are all promiscuous gold diggers seeking sex and money who will dump any man once a guy they like better comes along (what they call hypergamy).
Some have even argued that women and children should be beaten and stripped of their rights for disobedience.
Point out that their whole worldview is a self-centered Dark Triad, and you will be dismissed as a “mangina” or a male feminist “white knight”. Their appeal lies in their insistence that they are upholding the natural order of things, the way gender roles have been for thousands of years.
The most aggravating thing about these types is that I agree with them sometimes; that society has ostracized men, manhood, and fatherhood, and that there is this misconception that women can do no wrong. What’s more, “male feminist” White Knights who excuse bad behavior by women do exist, and are a most pathetic specimen.
Of course, they seem oblivious to the fact that by participating in hookup culture, they are part of the problem by encouraging promiscuity in both men and women. They try to wave away this double standard with “muh biological differences”.
Any thoughts or experiences with this?
I was also attracted to the traditionalist/socially conservative mindset that some of these pundits endorse.
But then upon further inspection, I found something more sinister. While some of these sites have valid points (such as male victims of domestic violence being ignored, or how divorce law overwhelmingly favors women and is often ruinous for men), a lot of it is geared towards “game”, that is, getting laid via seduction and perfidy.
There is an obsession with the Alpha/Beta male dichotomy (alphas being the bad boys who get all the girls, betas being the “nice guys” who get the table scraps). They insist on an 80-20 rule: 20 percent of men get 80 percent of women.
I know misogyny can be exaggerated in this day and age, but these guys attribute everything women do to perfidy, weakness, and stupidity. They assume that women are all promiscuous gold diggers seeking sex and money who will dump any man once a guy they like better comes along (what they call hypergamy).
Some have even argued that women and children should be beaten and stripped of their rights for disobedience.
Point out that their whole worldview is a self-centered Dark Triad, and you will be dismissed as a “mangina” or a male feminist “white knight”. Their appeal lies in their insistence that they are upholding the natural order of things, the way gender roles have been for thousands of years.
The most aggravating thing about these types is that I agree with them sometimes; that society has ostracized men, manhood, and fatherhood, and that there is this misconception that women can do no wrong. What’s more, “male feminist” White Knights who excuse bad behavior by women do exist, and are a most pathetic specimen.
Of course, they seem oblivious to the fact that by participating in hookup culture, they are part of the problem by encouraging promiscuity in both men and women. They try to wave away this double standard with “muh biological differences”.
Any thoughts or experiences with this?
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